To the best of my knowledge Paul the coil is fine , but I will most likely take the one off the Maverick and fit it to rule it out tomorrow.I replaced the coil not that long ago but as you say quite rightly a stuffed TFI will kill the coil quick smart.I was always under the impression but that a stuffed coil will only really show up when hot when it is on its last legs.Once the thing is running it is fine..................Tomorrow I will try and start it and if it doesnt fire start throwing bits at it instead of mucking around trying to get it running.I am really getting no where at a rapid rate of knots with it at the moment.If I could afford it a certain Red EA 5.0 5 speed that is for sale is looking mighty appealing at the moment..................

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More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior. Based on that fact my Mum is the best around!

Went out to it this morning and refitted the original BEM , ECU etc and put the dash back together.The car had been on charge all night and when I hit the key it was a bit grumpy about firing up but it did. It really didnt take much longer to fire then the 100% stock XR8. So happy there.Im am expecting it to be a bit hard to start until the Moates chip goes in and the car works out it actually has 24lb injectors not 19's. It was 4.5 degrees this morning here and the bonnet was up all night so it was pretty damn cold.So hopefully pulling the gap back on the plugs has helped. They come out of the box at 1.4 and I have taken them back to 0.9 , am going to take it for a drive soon and see what its like.Going to run around in it for a week and IF this does make a difference I will have to look at a Crane Hi6S or similar for some fatter sparks.Fingers crossed the band aid fix has something in it..........................

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More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior. Based on that fact my Mum is the best around!

How did it start today matt ? Hope you sort it out soon and will see Friday night for a chat...

Phill

It didnt...................So I nutted my head all day at work trying to think what it could be.Come home from work and thought I would try some random stuff out.Put the multimeter on the battery and cranked the car over. 10.6V at crank?Chucked the charger on it for a few minutes and cranked it. 11.6V at crank and it fired up.SO it made me wonder about the battery. The battery is only a few weeks old thus why I havent checked it yet.Went down to see the auto electrician as I had to pick up a bit for SVOmatt anyway and got chatting to him. He reckons anything under 11V will cause the ECU to shut down and the dizzy to not fire. Makes sense with the symptoms.We checked the battery there on his load tester and it all come back fine.Took car and battery to Battery World where i bought it from and they tested it , reckon the battery is normal and all is well.But it was agreed it could be dropping its bundle when cold. So now in the morning before work I have to check it out. I have put the tong ammeter on the car and its not suffering drain issues when everything is turned off so thats good. So I might know more tomorrow morning. I am currently charging up my Optima Yellow top from the Mav and have the jumper leads at the ready to see if it does start if the battery is an issue.Fingers crossed.I will be there one way or another on Friday night Phill. Even if you have to pick me up on the way...........LOL

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xr6turnip wrote:

More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior. Based on that fact my Mum is the best around!

How did it start today matt ? Hope you sort it out soon and will see Friday night for a chat...

Phill

It didnt...................So I nutted my head all day at work trying to think what it could be.Come home from work and thought I would try some random stuff out.Put the multimeter on the battery and cranked the car over. 10.6V at crank?Chucked the charger on it for a few minutes and cranked it. 11.6V at crank and it fired up.SO it made me wonder about the battery. The battery is only a few weeks old thus why I havent checked it yet.Went down to see the auto electrician as I had to pick up a bit for SVOmatt anyway and got chatting to him. He reckons anything under 11V will cause the ECU to shut down and the dizzy to not fire. Makes sense with the symptoms.We checked the battery there on his load tester and it all come back fine.Took car and battery to Battery World where i bought it from and they tested it , reckon the battery is normal and all is well.But it was agreed it could be dropping its bundle when cold. So now in the morning before work I have to check it out. I have put the tong ammeter on the car and its not suffering drain issues when everything is turned off so thats good. So I might know more tomorrow morning. I am currently charging up my Optima Yellow top from the Mav and have the jumper leads at the ready to see if it does start if the battery is an issue.Fingers crossed.I will be there one way or another on Friday night Phill. Even if you have to pick me up on the way...........LOL

Might be a silly idea but if your starter is getting rooted it'll drain alot more power than normal, maybe pushing it below the 11v threshold.

Have you checked the Earths-bad earths cause all sorts of issues - voltage drop, low volts on charge and many other goodies (o2 sensors out of range on LPG, temp sensors wrong, trans control average etc etc).

Didnt get to try it this morning.I start work at 6.00am and I woke up at 6.15 when the boss called to ask if I was coming in today at my leisure or having the day off.......... Did think for a few seconds about having the day off. It sounded somewhat appealing............but in the middle of restructuring and applying for another position I really couldnt take it off.So it was shower , bolt out the door and at work at 6.35 so no time to play.It started this afternoon so that has to be a bonus.LOL.

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More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior. Based on that fact my Mum is the best around!

Didnt get to try it this morning.I start work at 6.00am and I woke up at 6.15 when the boss called to ask if I was coming in today at my leisure or having the day off.......... Did think for a few seconds about having the day off. It sounded somewhat appealing............but in the middle of restructuring and applying for another position I really couldnt take it off.So it was shower , bolt out the door and at work at 6.35 so no time to play.It started this afternoon so that has to be a bonus.LOL.

just a suggestion mate, with it running so rich with no tune maybe you could borrow an adjustable fuel reg off someone.

With the 24lb it will run very rich when you give it a rev so if you could get ahold of an adjustable reg maybe try turning down the fuel pressure just alittle bit to see if that helps.

Aprt from that mate im out of ideas.

Also i have a question about your rpm2 when you say it has nothing till 2500rpm does that mean its lost torque down low (for around town driving) i was keen on the rpm2 but im getting an explorer instead so i just wanted to hear your thoughts mate.

Well it started this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!Neighbours were not happy at 5.30am but f**k them.Have had a few good starts now so I am getting more confident in it again.The tune is on its way so hopefully it will all be sweet then.As far as the RPM 2 goes Brad , with things starting to sort out on it , it seems to have picked up in the torque stakes. If you wallop it off the mark you can now twin spin a pair of 255/40 17's which you never used to be able to do as a stocker. The axle tramp is not fun but.It was a real pig before and it has improved heaps now it is running clise to correctly. It still has improvement in it but.It is a big slow to rev until 2500 , then it is like getting hit in the back with a sledge hammer. Remember but I am still running the standard cam at present so things will improve once I get around to changing that.

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